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Weather change sees local Fiji copra demand increase

Publish date/time: 06/03/2011 [16:49 FIJIVILLIAGE.COM

The change in weather patterns and flooding has seen the demand for crude coconut oil increase and this will mean more money for local copra farmers.

Copra Millers of Fiji Board chairman, Ilisoni Taoba said at the moment the price for one tonne of copra is at all time high as the major coconut oil producing countries like the Philippines and Indonesia are being affected by adverse weather conditions.

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Added by Stacey King on March 6, 2011 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Farewell to Reefs, Salt Ponds and Milkfish - Kiritimati Island

November 30, 2010, 5:57 pm By STUART SANDIN New York Times - Scientist At Work

Roadside salt ponds of Kiritimati Island. These ponds are home to productive milkfish fisheries for the island residents.

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Added by Stacey King on December 8, 2010 at 4:37pm — No Comments

Kiribati climate change conference: voices from the South Pacific (Banaban Pelenise Alofa)

Kiribati, a chain of low-lying South Pacific islands, is to host a conference addressing the impacts of climate change on some of the world's most vulnerable countries

Tarawa atoll, Kiribati. This week, the tiny island state is hosting a global conference on the impacts of climate change on some of the world's most vulnerable nations. Photograph: Richard Vogel/AP

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Added by Stacey King on November 29, 2010 at 5:02pm — 1 Comment

Plans to shift Kiribati locals to Christmas Island

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 6:37p.m 3News.co.nz By Patrick Gower at Christmas Island

Last night 3 News reported from the over-crowded Pacific island of Tarawa in the Kiribati chain. Now we look at a New Zealand Government solution to solve the over-crowding: ship people 3,000 kilometres away to another of the Kiribati islands – the tiny atoll of Christmas Island.…

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Added by Stacey King on September 9, 2010 at 12:08pm — No Comments

'Starving' islanders saved by sailor's chance trip

CNN Top Stories 11 May 2010

Residents of Kanton Island said they were malnourished and starving because a government supply ship hadn't been able to get there.

A British sailor delivering a yacht from Hawaii to Australia may have been a life-saver for 24 inhabitants of a remote Pacific island.

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Added by Stacey King on May 12, 2010 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Coast Guard locates crew of disabled fishing vessel

Hononolulu Advertiser Tuesday 9 Feb 2010

The Coast Guard says that it located the 28-member crew of the disabled fishing vessel Hou Chun 11 early this morning and is providing medical care to injured crewmembers. Corpsmen aboard the cutter Alex Haley are treating two Hou Chun 11 crewmembers who are reported to have suffered burns. The Alex Haley will… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 10, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments